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Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Jun 20, 2023 · Backend Development

Designing Microservice Architecture: Patterns, Principles, and Best Practices

This article guides readers through the evolution from monolithic to event‑driven microservice architectures, covering design patterns, scalability, reliability, communication strategies such as API gateways, BFF, service aggregation, asynchronous messaging, CQRS, event sourcing, and technology choices like Kafka and RabbitMQ to build highly available, scalable, and maintainable systems.

API GatewayCQRSMicroservices
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Designing Microservice Architecture: Patterns, Principles, and Best Practices
21CTO
21CTO
Jun 5, 2023 · Backend Development

Why API Gateways Are Essential for Microservices: Design Principles and Best Choices

This article explains how API gateways solve the challenges of microservice architectures by centralising security, routing, aggregation and traffic management, and compares popular open‑source gateway solutions such as OpenResty, Kong, Zuul and Spring Cloud Gateway, highlighting design priorities like performance, availability and scalability.

API Gatewayperformancescalability
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Why API Gateways Are Essential for Microservices: Design Principles and Best Choices
Architect
Architect
May 11, 2023 · Cloud Native

API Gateway Design Principles and Comparison of Popular Solutions

This article explains why API gateways are essential in micro‑service architectures, outlines their four core functions, discusses design priorities such as high performance, high availability and high scalability, and compares major open‑source gateway implementations like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayCloud Native
0 likes · 22 min read
API Gateway Design Principles and Comparison of Popular Solutions
Top Architect
Top Architect
May 11, 2023 · Backend Development

Microservice Architecture: Why Choose It, Roadmap, and Key Components

This article explains why microservice architecture is preferred over monolithic applications, outlines a clear learning roadmap, and details essential components such as Docker, container orchestration, API gateways, load balancing, service discovery, event buses, logging, monitoring, distributed tracing, persistence, caching, and cloud providers.

API GatewayDockerbackend-architecture
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Microservice Architecture: Why Choose It, Roadmap, and Key Components
DevOps
DevOps
Apr 21, 2023 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Guide to API Gateways: Theory, Features, Selection, and a Custom Traefik‑Based Implementation

This article provides an in‑depth overview of API gateways, covering their core concepts, essential functions such as routing, load balancing, authentication, and monitoring, compares popular open‑source solutions like Nginx, Zuul, Kong and Traefik, and details a custom microservice gateway built on Traefik with Go and Etcd.

API GatewayTraefikload balancing
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Comprehensive Guide to API Gateways: Theory, Features, Selection, and a Custom Traefik‑Based Implementation
Weimob Technology Center
Weimob Technology Center
Apr 13, 2023 · Backend Development

How Weimob Boosted API Performance with APISIX: A Deep Dive

This article details Weimob's migration to APISIX, covering background, performance requirements, benchmark results, architectural analysis, Kubernetes deployment, custom plugin extensions for authentication and rate limiting, remaining challenges, and overall conclusions about the gateway's impact.

API GatewayAPISIXLua
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How Weimob Boosted API Performance with APISIX: A Deep Dive
macrozheng
macrozheng
Apr 10, 2023 · Backend Development

Choosing the Right API Gateway: Theory, Practice, and Real‑World Comparisons

This article explains the fundamentals of API gateways, outlines their core functions, compares popular solutions such as Nginx, Zuul, Spring Cloud Gateway, Kong, and Traefik, and details a custom Traefik‑based gateway architecture with its technology stack, backend design, and protocol‑conversion module.

API GatewayKongMicroservices
0 likes · 19 min read
Choosing the Right API Gateway: Theory, Practice, and Real‑World Comparisons
Code Ape Tech Column
Code Ape Tech Column
Mar 8, 2023 · Cloud Native

Comprehensive Guide to Spring Cloud Gateway: Architecture, Configuration, and Custom Extensions

This article explains why an API gateway is essential in micro‑service architectures, introduces Spring Cloud Gateway’s core features, walks through project setup, routing predicates, filters, integration with Nacos for service discovery and dynamic routing, and demonstrates custom global error handling.

API GatewayCustom FiltersMicroservices
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Comprehensive Guide to Spring Cloud Gateway: Architecture, Configuration, and Custom Extensions
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jan 28, 2023 · Backend Development

When Should You Choose Event‑Driven Over RPC in Microservices?

This article examines the trade‑offs between RPC and event‑driven communication in microservice architectures, detailing different types of coupling, the benefits and drawbacks of event notification and event sourcing, practical examples, and strategies such as API gateways and internal microservice design to reduce tight coupling.

API GatewayCouplingEvent Sourcing
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When Should You Choose Event‑Driven Over RPC in Microservices?
360 Smart Cloud
360 Smart Cloud
Jan 16, 2023 · Backend Development

Comparison of Routing Matching Algorithms in APISIX and Kong

This article analyzes and compares the routing matching processes of the open‑source API gateways APISIX and Kong, detailing their initialization, rule generation, categorization, matching algorithms, performance testing, and concluding why APISIX's radix‑tree approach yields higher efficiency.

API GatewayAPISIXKong
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Comparison of Routing Matching Algorithms in APISIX and Kong
360 Smart Cloud
360 Smart Cloud
Jan 12, 2023 · Cloud Native

Comparison of APISIX and KONG API Gateways: Community Activity, Feature Richness, Performance Benchmarks, and Cloud‑Native Compatibility

This article compares the open‑source API gateways APISIX and KONG across community activity, plugin richness, performance under various workloads, secondary development flexibility, and their suitability for cloud‑native environments such as Kubernetes ingress and function compute integration.

API GatewayAPISIXCloud Native
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Comparison of APISIX and KONG API Gateways: Community Activity, Feature Richness, Performance Benchmarks, and Cloud‑Native Compatibility
Data Thinking Notes
Data Thinking Notes
Jan 3, 2023 · Big Data

How a Scalable Data Service Platform Transforms Big Data into APIs

This article outlines the design and implementation of a unified data service platform that standardizes data access, accelerates model processing, provides flexible API construction, and ensures high availability through gateway, caching, and monitoring, ultimately reducing cost and improving efficiency for both C‑end and B‑end applications.

API GatewayBig DataData Platform
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How a Scalable Data Service Platform Transforms Big Data into APIs
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Dec 23, 2022 · Big Data

Data Service Platform Architecture and Design

The article outlines a standardized data‑service platform built atop a warehouse, detailing its construction, query, and gateway layers—supporting model definition, acceleration, reusable APIs, unified DSL/SQL interfaces, and observability—to solve ingestion, definition, and lineage issues, achieving 500+ APIs, sub‑day creation, and 18% cost reduction.

API GatewayBig DataData Service
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Data Service Platform Architecture and Design
HomeTech
HomeTech
Dec 22, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of an External Gateway for Vehicle Payment System Integration

This article describes the background, design, configuration, encryption, mock data handling, and practical deployment steps of an external gateway that unifies and secures communication between internal vehicle payment services and external channels such as Apple Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay, and UnionPay.

API GatewayBackend DevelopmentPayment Integration
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Design and Implementation of an External Gateway for Vehicle Payment System Integration
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Nov 28, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, Types, and Comparison of Popular Solutions

This article explains what an API gateway is, why it is needed in micro‑service architectures, outlines core design ideas such as routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience and security, distinguishes traffic and business gateways, and compares major open‑source implementations like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul 1/2 and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayKongService Mesh
0 likes · 26 min read
Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, Types, and Comparison of Popular Solutions
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 15, 2022 · Cloud Native

What Is an API Gateway? Design Principles, Types, and Best Practices

This article explains the fundamental concepts of API gateways, why they are essential in micro‑service architectures, outlines core design ideas such as routing, load balancing, resilience and security, and compares popular open‑source implementations like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayCloud NativeMicroservices
0 likes · 27 min read
What Is an API Gateway? Design Principles, Types, and Best Practices
Sohu Tech Products
Sohu Tech Products
Nov 9, 2022 · Backend Development

Implementing Traffic Replication in an API Gateway with Sentinel

This article explains how to extend Sentinel's flow‑control capabilities in a Spring Cloud Gateway to implement traffic replication, covering Sentinel fundamentals, its slot‑chain architecture, custom filter code, configuration steps, and practical usage for testing and load‑testing with real traffic.

API GatewayFlow ControlMicroservices
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Implementing Traffic Replication in an API Gateway with Sentinel
Architect's Tech Stack
Architect's Tech Stack
Nov 6, 2022 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Guide to API Gateway Design and Implementation

This article provides an in‑depth overview of API gateways, explaining their basic concepts, design principles, key features such as request routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience and security, and compares popular gateway solutions like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul and Spring Cloud Gateway for microservice architectures.

API GatewayService Meshbackend-architecture
0 likes · 26 min read
Comprehensive Guide to API Gateway Design and Implementation
macrozheng
macrozheng
Oct 31, 2022 · Backend Development

How to Build a High‑Performance API Gateway with OpenResty and Lua

This article explains the role of API gateways, compares access‑layer and application‑layer designs, and provides a step‑by‑step guide to constructing a dynamic, high‑throughput gateway using OpenResty’s Nginx‑Lua architecture, plugin system, and runtime configuration features.

API GatewayLuaOpenResty
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How to Build a High‑Performance API Gateway with OpenResty and Lua
Java Architect Essentials
Java Architect Essentials
Oct 28, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding Service Coupling: RPC vs. Event‑Driven Approaches in Microservice Architecture

The article explains the different kinds of coupling in microservice communication, compares RPC and event‑driven (event notification and event sourcing) approaches, discusses API gateways, service versioning, and offers practical guidance on when to use each method while highlighting the challenges of tight coupling and internal microservice design.

API GatewayEvent SourcingRPC
0 likes · 20 min read
Understanding Service Coupling: RPC vs. Event‑Driven Approaches in Microservice Architecture
Top Architect
Top Architect
Oct 24, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution of the Tianyi Account Gateway System: From Zuul‑Based 1.0 to Kong‑Based 3.0

The article chronicles the architectural evolution of China Telecom's Tianyi Account gateway—from its 2017 Zuul‑based 1.0 implementation, through a 2.0 redesign using Kong with custom plugins, to the current 3.0 version featuring CP/DP separation, multi‑language plugins, and cloud‑native deployment, highlighting performance gains, scalability, and operational improvements.

API GatewayCloud NativeKong
0 likes · 14 min read
Evolution of the Tianyi Account Gateway System: From Zuul‑Based 1.0 to Kong‑Based 3.0
Top Architect
Top Architect
Oct 23, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Solutions

This article explains what an API gateway is, why it is needed in micro‑service architectures, outlines core design ideas such as request routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience and security, and compares major open‑source gateways like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul 1/2 and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayBackend DevelopmentKong
0 likes · 27 min read
Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Solutions
Architect
Architect
Oct 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

Design and Implementation of an Automated Operations Platform Based on Apache APISIX

This article presents the motivation, architecture, component selection, user authentication flow, micro‑service integration, and technical details—including custom Lua plugins and NGINX phases—of an automated operations platform built on the cloud‑native API gateway Apache APISIX.

API GatewayApache APISIXAutomation
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Design and Implementation of an Automated Operations Platform Based on Apache APISIX
HomeTech
HomeTech
Oct 19, 2022 · Backend Development

Reactor in Spring Cloud Gateway: Reactive Programming for API Gateways

This article explores the use of Reactor in Spring Cloud Gateway, highlighting its role in enabling reactive programming for efficient API gateway implementations through non-blocking, asynchronous operations and advanced data flow management.

API GatewayBackend DevelopmentReactive Programming
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Reactor in Spring Cloud Gateway: Reactive Programming for API Gateways
Architect's Guide
Architect's Guide
Oct 16, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Implementations

This article explains what an API gateway is, why it is needed in micro‑service architectures, outlines key design ideas such as request routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience and security, and compares major open‑source gateways like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayMicroservicessecurity
0 likes · 28 min read
Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Implementations
Selected Java Interview Questions
Selected Java Interview Questions
Sep 28, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of a SpringBoot‑Based API Gateway with High Performance, High Availability, and Security

This article presents a comprehensive guide to building a SpringBoot API gateway that covers core capabilities such as authentication, routing, standardized responses, and custom error handling, while achieving high performance with NIO2, high availability with Alibaba Sentinel, and robust security features like IP black‑listing.

API GatewayMicroservicesNIO2
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Design and Implementation of a SpringBoot‑Based API Gateway with High Performance, High Availability, and Security
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Sep 25, 2022 · Backend Development

12 Proven Strategies to Seamlessly Migrate Your Monolith to Microservices

This guide presents twelve practical steps—from understanding the trade‑offs and planning the transition to adopting monorepos, CI pipelines, API gateways, feature flags, and observability—that help teams safely decompose a large monolithic application into a robust microservices architecture.

API GatewayCI/CDMicroservices
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12 Proven Strategies to Seamlessly Migrate Your Monolith to Microservices
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Sep 18, 2022 · Cloud Native

Why the Financial Platform “Huanbei” Switched from Spring Cloud Gateway to Apache APISIX: Architecture, Implementation, and Benefits

The article explains the specific stability, regulatory, and precision requirements of financial software, examines Java's role in the sector, describes the shortcomings of Spring Cloud Gateway, and details how Apache APISIX was adopted, deployed, customized, and evaluated to improve performance, cost, and operational efficiency in a cloud‑native environment.

API GatewayApache APISIXJava
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Why the Financial Platform “Huanbei” Switched from Spring Cloud Gateway to Apache APISIX: Architecture, Implementation, and Benefits
Architect's Guide
Architect's Guide
Sep 17, 2022 · Backend Development

An Introduction to Microservice Architecture: Concepts, Evolution, Comparison with Monolithic, Design Patterns, and Pros & Cons

This article provides a comprehensive overview of microservice architecture, covering its definition, history, differences from monolithic development, key characteristics, comparison with SOA, practical implementation steps, common design patterns, advantages, disadvantages, and essential considerations for successful adoption.

API GatewayMicroservicesdevops
0 likes · 20 min read
An Introduction to Microservice Architecture: Concepts, Evolution, Comparison with Monolithic, Design Patterns, and Pros & Cons
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Sep 7, 2022 · Cloud Native

Unlocking Serverless: From Concepts to Hands‑On Alibaba Cloud Deployment

This article explains the evolution and core principles of Serverless computing, outlines its benefits for reducing operational complexity and cost, and provides a step‑by‑step tutorial for building, testing, and exposing a function on Alibaba Cloud using Function Compute and API Gateway.

API GatewayAlibaba CloudCloud Native
0 likes · 9 min read
Unlocking Serverless: From Concepts to Hands‑On Alibaba Cloud Deployment
Top Architect
Top Architect
Sep 4, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Solutions

This article explains what an API gateway is, why it is needed in micro‑service architectures, outlines essential design ideas such as routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience and security, and compares major open‑source gateways like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul, and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayMicroservicesdesign patterns
0 likes · 28 min read
Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Solutions
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Sep 3, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Solutions

This article explains the fundamental concepts of API gateways, their design motivations, key architectural components such as routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience, and security, and provides a comparative overview of popular open‑source implementations like OpenResty, Kong, Zuul, and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API Gatewayload balancingsecurity
0 likes · 27 min read
Understanding API Gateways: Concepts, Design Principles, and Comparison of Popular Solutions
Code Ape Tech Column
Code Ape Tech Column
Aug 22, 2022 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Guide to API Gateway Concepts, Design, Types, and Best Practices

This article provides an in‑depth overview of API gateways, covering basic concepts, design principles, functional requirements, traffic vs. business gateways, comparisons of popular implementations such as OpenResty, Kong, Zuul, and Spring Cloud Gateway, and practical recommendations for high performance, availability, and scalability in microservice architectures.

API GatewayMicroservicesRouting
0 likes · 28 min read
Comprehensive Guide to API Gateway Concepts, Design, Types, and Best Practices
Selected Java Interview Questions
Selected Java Interview Questions
Aug 19, 2022 · Backend Development

Integrating Sentinel with Spring Cloud Gateway for Rate Limiting

This tutorial explains what gateway rate limiting is, shows how to integrate Alibaba Sentinel with Spring Cloud Gateway, details the configuration of Sentinel dashboard, gateway flow rules, API group management, implementation principles, and how to customize block responses for robust microservice protection.

API GatewayMicroservicesSentinel
0 likes · 10 min read
Integrating Sentinel with Spring Cloud Gateway for Rate Limiting
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Aug 10, 2022 · Backend Development

Designing API Gateways: Comparison, Key Considerations, and Best Practices

This article explains how to design API gateways by comparing common gateway solutions, outlining essential design aspects such as routing, service discovery, load balancing, resilience, security, and high performance, availability, and scalability, and summarizing the strengths of OpenResty, Kong, Zuul, and Spring Cloud Gateway.

API GatewayHigh AvailabilityKong
0 likes · 24 min read
Designing API Gateways: Comparison, Key Considerations, and Best Practices
Wukong Talks Architecture
Wukong Talks Architecture
Aug 2, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding and Implementing API Gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway

This article explains the role of an API gateway in microservice architectures, details why Spring Cloud Gateway is chosen, describes its workflow, predicates, filters, dynamic routing, and demonstrates token authentication with code examples, helping developers integrate a unified entry point for their services.

API GatewayJavaspring cloud
0 likes · 13 min read
Understanding and Implementing API Gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Jul 23, 2022 · Backend Development

API Gateway Evolution and Engineering Practices; Applying ClickHouse for Massive Data Processing

The talk traces the evolution of API Gateway architectures and the engineering practices—design patterns, deployment strategies, and operational considerations—required for scalable, reliable services, then demonstrates how ClickHouse can be leveraged for massive data workloads, highlighting practical scenarios, performance optimizations, and key lessons learned.

API GatewayBackend DevelopmentBig Data
0 likes · 1 min read
API Gateway Evolution and Engineering Practices; Applying ClickHouse for Massive Data Processing
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
Jul 22, 2022 · Backend Development

GIAC Global Internet Architecture Conference: API Gateway and ClickHouse Practices

Senior Bilibili infrastructure engineers Chen Zhihui and Hu Fuwang will present at the GIAC Global Internet Architecture Conference on the 22nd‑23rd, discussing the evolution and engineering of API Gateways and their practical use of ClickHouse for large‑scale data analytics, inviting active participation and exchange.

API GatewayB站ClickHouse
0 likes · 1 min read
GIAC Global Internet Architecture Conference: API Gateway and ClickHouse Practices
Shopee Tech Team
Shopee Tech Team
Jul 21, 2022 · Cloud Native

Design and Implementation of Shopee Games Unified API Gateway

The Shopee Games team created a custom Protobuf‑driven API gateway that unifies external HTTP and internal RPC traffic, automatically generates routing, authentication, logging and Swagger from proto annotations, shares capacity across services, and boosts performance and resource utilization for their micro‑service‑based casual gaming platform.

API GatewayGoMicroservices
0 likes · 23 min read
Design and Implementation of Shopee Games Unified API Gateway
Top Architect
Top Architect
Jul 19, 2022 · Backend Development

Analysis of Spring Cloud Microservice Architecture and Core Components

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Spring Cloud’s microservice architecture, detailing core components such as Eureka, Zuul, Ribbon, Hystrix, Feign, and Config, comparing registration centers like Nacos, ZooKeeper, Consul, and Etcd, and discussing best practices for service discovery and API gateway design.

API GatewayBackend Developmentspring cloud
0 likes · 23 min read
Analysis of Spring Cloud Microservice Architecture and Core Components
Dada Group Technology
Dada Group Technology
Jul 18, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of JD Daojia Open Platform Services

The article presents a comprehensive overview of JD Daojia's Open Platform, detailing its service lifecycle—from platform introduction, service design, publishing, and authorization to state management and traffic‑control mechanisms—while explaining the underlying RPC‑based architecture and fixed‑window rate‑limiting algorithm.

API GatewayBackend DevelopmentOpen Platform
0 likes · 12 min read
Design and Implementation of JD Daojia Open Platform Services
Aotu Lab
Aotu Lab
Jul 14, 2022 · Backend Development

Monet: Building a Unified API Gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway

Monet is a custom API gateway built on Spring Cloud Gateway that consolidates multiple platform endpoints into a single domain, providing unified routing, API management via Zookeeper, authentication and authorization, dynamic rate‑limiting with Sentinel, and extensible monitoring, addressing scalability and operational challenges of the Linglong platform.

API GatewayBackend DevelopmentSpring Cloud Gateway
0 likes · 10 min read
Monet: Building a Unified API Gateway with Spring Cloud Gateway
SQB Blog
SQB Blog
Jun 16, 2022 · Backend Development

How We Unified API Gateways with Apache APISIX: Architecture, Plugins, and Deployment

This article describes how ShouQianBa standardized its API gateway stack by adopting Apache APISIX, detailing the reasons for selection, custom plugin development, logging enhancements, a bespoke management platform, version‑upgrade strategy, deployment model, and the resulting improvements in reliability and developer productivity.

API GatewayApache APISIXMicroservices
0 likes · 13 min read
How We Unified API Gateways with Apache APISIX: Architecture, Plugins, and Deployment
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 8, 2022 · Backend Development

Mastering Microservice Patterns: From Decomposition to Resilience

This article provides a comprehensive overview of common microservice patterns and design principles, covering goals such as cost reduction, faster releases, resilience, visibility, and detailing decomposition, integration, database, CQRS, observability, health‑check, and deployment strategies for building robust backend systems.

API GatewayBlue-Green DeploymentCQRS
0 likes · 20 min read
Mastering Microservice Patterns: From Decomposition to Resilience
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Jun 6, 2022 · Backend Development

From Monolith to Event‑Driven Microservices: A Step‑by‑Step Architecture Blueprint

This comprehensive guide explains how to transform a small e‑commerce monolith into a highly scalable, low‑latency, fault‑tolerant event‑driven microservice system by applying layered architecture, SOA, design patterns, API‑gateway strategies, CQRS, event sourcing, and appropriate cloud‑native technologies.

API GatewayCQRSEvent Sourcing
0 likes · 22 min read
From Monolith to Event‑Driven Microservices: A Step‑by‑Step Architecture Blueprint
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Jun 1, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution of Bilibili’s Backend Architecture: From Monolithic Go to BFF and a Unified API Gateway

This article chronicles Bilibili’s transition from a PHP monolith to a Go‑based bilizone monolith, its subsequent decomposition into microservices, the adoption of Backend‑for‑Frontend (BFF) layers, and the eventual consolidation into a unified API gateway that streamlines routing, security, and traffic management across the platform.

API GatewayBFFBilibili
0 likes · 11 min read
Evolution of Bilibili’s Backend Architecture: From Monolithic Go to BFF and a Unified API Gateway
Bilibili Tech
Bilibili Tech
May 27, 2022 · Backend Development

Evolution of Bilibili's API Gateway Architecture: From Monolithic to Microservices

The article traces Bilibili’s API gateway evolution from a crash‑prone 2015 PHP monolith through a Go‑based bilizone, then fragmented BFF services, to a unified microservice gateway that centralizes routing, authentication, rate limiting, and governance, enabling scalable, decoupled development and a full API ecosystem.

API GatewayBFF PatternBackend Development
0 likes · 11 min read
Evolution of Bilibili's API Gateway Architecture: From Monolithic to Microservices
Snowball Engineer Team
Snowball Engineer Team
May 24, 2022 · Cloud Native

How Snowball Used Apache APISIX to Build a Dual‑Active Architecture and Streamline Authentication

This article details Snowball's transition from a single‑datacenter setup to a dual‑active, cloud‑native architecture using Apache APISIX, covering background challenges, problem analysis, gateway selection, architectural adjustments, authentication unification, observability enhancements, ZooKeeper integration, and future plans.

API GatewayApache APISIXCloud Native
0 likes · 11 min read
How Snowball Used Apache APISIX to Build a Dual‑Active Architecture and Streamline Authentication
Yiche Technology
Yiche Technology
May 20, 2022 · Cloud Native

APISIX API Gateway: Architecture, Features, Performance Comparison, and Future Outlook

This article introduces the APISIX API gateway, explaining its cloud‑native architecture built on OpenResty and Etcd, the advantages over traditional monolithic service frameworks, detailed feature breakdowns, performance benchmark comparisons with OpenResty, multi‑cluster management practices, usage scenarios, monitoring, logging, and future development directions.

API GatewayAPISIXCloud Native
0 likes · 12 min read
APISIX API Gateway: Architecture, Features, Performance Comparison, and Future Outlook
Top Architect
Top Architect
Apr 10, 2022 · Backend Development

Understanding the Relationship Between Service Mesh and API Gateway

This article examines how Service Mesh and API Gateway differ in responsibilities, explores the east‑west versus north‑south traffic concepts, discusses two implementation philosophies, and traces the evolving integration of sidecars, BFF, and unified gateway solutions in modern microservice architectures.

API GatewayBFFMicroservices
0 likes · 13 min read
Understanding the Relationship Between Service Mesh and API Gateway
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Apr 8, 2022 · Backend Development

Top Microservices Design Patterns for Building Applications

This article explains microservices fundamentals, outlines key design principles, and details ten essential design patterns—including Aggregator, API Gateway, Chain of Responsibility, Asynchronous Messaging, Shared Database, Event Sourcing, Branch, CQRS, Circuit Breaker, and Decomposition—to help developers build scalable, resilient applications.

API GatewayCQRSEvent Sourcing
0 likes · 15 min read
Top Microservices Design Patterns for Building Applications
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Apr 7, 2022 · Cloud Native

Understanding the Relationship Between Service Mesh and API Gateway

This article examines how Service Mesh and API Gateway differ in function and deployment, explores the philosophical debate over east‑west versus north‑south traffic when a gateway accesses internal services, and traces the evolving integration of sidecars, BFF layers, and cloud‑native architectures.

API GatewayBFFCloud Native
0 likes · 12 min read
Understanding the Relationship Between Service Mesh and API Gateway
Architects Research Society
Architects Research Society
Mar 29, 2022 · Backend Development

Designing Microservice Architecture with Patterns, Principles, and Best Practices

This comprehensive guide teaches how to design scalable, highly available microservice architectures by applying design patterns, principles, and best practices, covering the evolution from monolithic to event‑driven systems, communication strategies, data management techniques, and technology choices such as API gateways, BFF, CQRS, and Kafka.

API GatewayCQRSarchitecture
0 likes · 23 min read
Designing Microservice Architecture with Patterns, Principles, and Best Practices
Architecture & Thinking
Architecture & Thinking
Feb 18, 2022 · Backend Development

Mastering API Gateways: From Fundamentals to Zuul in Microservices

This article explores microservice communication, comparing monolithic and microservice architectures, introduces gateway-based communication methods, details gateway functions and use cases like blue‑green deployment and circuit breaking, and provides a step‑by‑step Zuul implementation with configuration and code examples.

API GatewayZuulload balancing
0 likes · 16 min read
Mastering API Gateways: From Fundamentals to Zuul in Microservices
Alibaba Cloud Native
Alibaba Cloud Native
Jan 22, 2022 · Cloud Native

Build a Low‑Cost Dynamic Web Site with Serverless Devs on Alibaba Cloud

Learn how to construct a cost‑effective, scalable dynamic web site using Serverless Devs, Alibaba Cloud API Gateway, Function Compute, and OSS, covering architecture overview, prerequisite services, step‑by‑step deployment, HTTPS setup, traffic limiting, monitoring, and links to relevant resources.

API GatewayAlibaba CloudCloud Native
0 likes · 13 min read
Build a Low‑Cost Dynamic Web Site with Serverless Devs on Alibaba Cloud
Top Architect
Top Architect
Jan 13, 2022 · Backend Development

Microservice Architecture Roadmap: Core Components and Recommended Tools

This article presents a comprehensive roadmap for adopting microservice architecture, explaining why it is chosen, outlining essential concerns such as Docker, container orchestration, API gateways, load balancing, service discovery, event buses, logging, monitoring, tracing, data persistence, caching, and cloud providers, and recommending popular tools for each component.

API GatewayDockerMicroservices
0 likes · 16 min read
Microservice Architecture Roadmap: Core Components and Recommended Tools
DevOps Cloud Academy
DevOps Cloud Academy
Jan 12, 2022 · Cloud Native

Deploying Apache APISIX as a Kubernetes Ingress Controller with Helm

This article introduces Apache APISIX, a high‑performance API gateway built on OpenResty and etcd, explains its architecture, demonstrates how to install it as a Kubernetes Ingress controller using Helm charts, and shows configuration, routing, and dashboard usage with example manifests and commands.

API GatewayAPISIXCloud Native
0 likes · 11 min read
Deploying Apache APISIX as a Kubernetes Ingress Controller with Helm
Cloud Native Technology Community
Cloud Native Technology Community
Jan 11, 2022 · Cloud Native

Service Mesh vs API Gateway: Roles, Overlaps, and Integration Strategies

This article examines the distinct responsibilities of Service Mesh and API Gateway, explores the philosophical debate over internal traffic classification, and details emerging integration patterns such as sidecar‑based gateways and BFF‑driven architectures, illustrated with real‑world examples from Ant Financial.

API GatewayBFFCloud Native
0 likes · 14 min read
Service Mesh vs API Gateway: Roles, Overlaps, and Integration Strategies
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jan 5, 2022 · Backend Development

Essential Microservice Architecture Roadmap: Tools, Patterns, and Best Practices

This guide outlines why microservice architecture is preferred for large applications, presents a clear learning roadmap, and details each critical concern—such as Docker, orchestration, API gateways, load balancing, service discovery, event buses, logging, monitoring, tracing, persistence, caching, and cloud providers—along with recommended tools.

API GatewayCloud NativeDocker
0 likes · 14 min read
Essential Microservice Architecture Roadmap: Tools, Patterns, and Best Practices
HomeTech
HomeTech
Jan 4, 2022 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of an API Gateway for High-Concurrency Scenarios

This article details the step‑by‑step design, architecture, plugin configuration, authentication methods, code implementation, and performance testing of a Kong‑based API gateway built to handle millions of QPS during large‑scale events, highlighting challenges, solutions, and future directions.

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Design and Implementation of an API Gateway for High-Concurrency Scenarios
21CTO
21CTO
Dec 30, 2021 · Backend Development

Why Choose Microservices? A Practical Roadmap and Tool Guide

This article outlines why microservice architecture is preferred over monolithic designs, presents a clear learning roadmap, and details essential concerns such as Docker, orchestration, API gateways, load balancing, service discovery, logging, monitoring, tracing, persistence, caching, and cloud providers, with recommended tools for each.

API GatewayDockerMicroservices
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Why Choose Microservices? A Practical Roadmap and Tool Guide
Tencent Qidian Tech Team
Tencent Qidian Tech Team
Dec 28, 2021 · Backend Development

How Apex API Gateway Revolutionizes Tencent’s Web Services with Dynamic Routing & Adaptive Rate Limiting

This article details the design and implementation of the Apex API gateway at Tencent, covering its architecture, dynamic routing, multi‑protocol support, distributed rate limiting, circuit breaking, service discovery, data masking, orchestration, testing automation, push services, observability, and future roadmap.

API GatewayDynamic RoutingMicroservices
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How Apex API Gateway Revolutionizes Tencent’s Web Services with Dynamic Routing & Adaptive Rate Limiting
IT Architects Alliance
IT Architects Alliance
Dec 27, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why Choose Microservice Architecture? A Comprehensive Roadmap and Key Concerns

This article explains why microservice architecture is preferred over monolithic applications, outlines a learning roadmap, and details essential concerns such as Docker, container orchestration, API gateways, load balancing, service discovery, event buses, logging, monitoring, tracing, persistence, caching, and cloud providers.

API GatewayCloud NativeDocker
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Why Choose Microservice Architecture? A Comprehensive Roadmap and Key Concerns
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Dec 25, 2021 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking in Microservice Architecture

This article explains the motivations, concepts, resource granularity, rule definitions, and two‑stage sliding‑window computation needed to design and implement effective rate limiting and circuit breaking mechanisms for microservice APIs and API gateways, ensuring isolated failures do not cascade across services.

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Design and Implementation of Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking in Microservice Architecture
Java Interview Crash Guide
Java Interview Crash Guide
Dec 17, 2021 · Backend Development

Designing Effective Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking for Microservice APIs

This article explores the motivations, concepts, and practical implementation strategies for rate limiting and circuit breaking in microservice architectures, covering resource granularity, rule definition, sliding‑window calculations, and integration with API gateways to prevent cascading failures and resource exhaustion.

API GatewayHystrixMicroservices
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Designing Effective Rate Limiting and Circuit Breaking for Microservice APIs
Liulishuo Tech Team
Liulishuo Tech Team
Dec 14, 2021 · Cloud Native

How We Migrated a High‑Traffic Business Gateway to Kubernetes with Kong

This article details the step‑by‑step evolution of a company's business gateway from a single Nginx instance to a cloud‑native, Kubernetes‑based Kong deployment, covering the initial architecture, identified risks, custom controller implementation, performance testing, graceful shutdown, and smooth traffic switching strategies.

API GatewayCloud NativeGitOps
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How We Migrated a High‑Traffic Business Gateway to Kubernetes with Kong
Laravel Tech Community
Laravel Tech Community
Dec 2, 2021 · Cloud Native

New Features in Apache APISIX 2.11.0: LDAP Authentication, Observability Plugins, Azure Functions, and WASM Support

Apache APISIX 2.11.0 adds an LDAP‑based authentication plugin, expands observability with Datadog and SkyWalking plugins, introduces Azure Functions integration, provides early WASM support, and enhances existing plugins, all illustrated with detailed configuration examples and code snippets.

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New Features in Apache APISIX 2.11.0: LDAP Authentication, Observability Plugins, Azure Functions, and WASM Support
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Nov 15, 2021 · Backend Development

Deep Dive into Spring Cloud Gateway: Architecture and Request Flow Explained

This article introduces Spring Cloud Gateway, outlines its core components such as routes, predicates, and filters, and provides a detailed step‑by‑step analysis of the request handling process—including code examples, filter chain execution, routing, and response writing—offering practical insights for backend developers.

API GatewayFiltersJava
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Deep Dive into Spring Cloud Gateway: Architecture and Request Flow Explained
TAL Education Technology
TAL Education Technology
Nov 11, 2021 · Backend Development

Optimizing the Qingzhou Business Gateway: Performance Boosts, FFI Integration, and Routing Enhancements

This article details the architecture of the Qingzhou Business Gateway, identifies its granular control, data‑loss, and performance issues, and explains a series of optimizations—including FFI usage, table‑pool reuse, coroutine caching, radixtree routing, and connection‑pool tuning—that raise single‑node QPS to 80 k while preserving functional capabilities.

API GatewayFFILua
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Optimizing the Qingzhou Business Gateway: Performance Boosts, FFI Integration, and Routing Enhancements
Java Architect Essentials
Java Architect Essentials
Oct 20, 2021 · Backend Development

Fundamentals of Backend Infrastructure for Java Applications

This article provides a comprehensive overview of essential backend infrastructure components for Java-based services, covering API gateways, core frameworks, caching, databases, search engines, message queues, file storage, authentication, service governance, scheduling, logging, monitoring, and fault‑tolerance strategies.

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Fundamentals of Backend Infrastructure for Java Applications
High Availability Architecture
High Availability Architecture
Oct 15, 2021 · Cloud Native

Overview of Apache APISIX Ingress and Its Features

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Apache APISIX Ingress, explaining its architecture, comparison with Kubernetes Ingress Nginx, detailed feature set, custom resource definitions, practical deployment scenarios such as traffic splitting and authentication, and future roadmap within the cloud‑native ecosystem.

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Overview of Apache APISIX Ingress and Its Features
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Oct 11, 2021 · Cloud Native

Why We Switched from Ingress‑Nginx to Apache APISIX Ingress: Lessons Learned

This article details the evaluation, migration, and practical implementation of replacing Ingress‑Nginx with Apache APISIX Ingress at YouPai Cloud, covering architectural changes, performance trade‑offs, configuration methods, health‑check strategies, and future expectations for a unified cloud‑native gateway.

API GatewayApache APISIXCloud Native
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Why We Switched from Ingress‑Nginx to Apache APISIX Ingress: Lessons Learned
Ctrip Technology
Ctrip Technology
Sep 23, 2021 · Backend Development

Design and Implementation of Ctrip's High‑Performance API Gateway

This article presents the evolution, architecture, and engineering practices of Ctrip's API gateway, covering its transition to full asynchronous processing with Netty and RxJava, stream‑based forwarding, single‑threaded event‑loop design, performance optimizations, multi‑protocol support, routing, and modular governance for large‑scale microservice environments.

API GatewayAsync ArchitectureJava
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Design and Implementation of Ctrip's High‑Performance API Gateway
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Sep 7, 2021 · Cloud Native

How Modern API Gateways and Load Balancing Shape Cloud‑Native Architecture

This article explores the evolution and current state of API gateways and load‑balancing techniques in distributed, micro‑service, cloud‑native systems, detailing client‑side versus server‑side balancing, architectural patterns, key features, open‑source solutions, and recent performance optimizations.

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How Modern API Gateways and Load Balancing Shape Cloud‑Native Architecture
Laravel Tech Community
Laravel Tech Community
Aug 28, 2021 · Backend Development

Apache APISIX 2.9 Release: New authz-casbin Plugin, Dynamic Real-IP Configuration, and Enhanced External Plugin Support

Apache APISIX 2.9 introduces the authz‑casbin authorization plugin, dynamic per‑route real‑ip configuration, and significant enhancements to external plugin mechanisms, including unique keys for Plugin Runner and reverse information retrieval, alongside richer features for existing plugins such as request‑id and error‑log‑logger.

API GatewayApache APISIXAuthorization
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Apache APISIX 2.9 Release: New authz-casbin Plugin, Dynamic Real-IP Configuration, and Enhanced External Plugin Support
Baidu Geek Talk
Baidu Geek Talk
Aug 16, 2021 · Artificial Intelligence

Integrating Paddle Serving with Kong Security Gateway for AI Model Deployment

The article demonstrates how to integrate Paddle Serving’s new security‑gateway feature with the open‑source Kong API gateway and its Konga UI, using Docker‑Compose to create a secure, HTTPS‑encrypted, header‑authenticated AI model serving endpoint that hides internal services while supporting high‑concurrency inference.

AIAPI GatewayDocker
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Integrating Paddle Serving with Kong Security Gateway for AI Model Deployment
Full-Stack Internet Architecture
Full-Stack Internet Architecture
Jul 25, 2021 · Backend Development

Design Principles and Core Features of an API Gateway

The article explains the role of an API Gateway as the single entry point for a system, detailing its core modules such as routing, service registration, load balancing, resilience, security, gray‑release, API aggregation and orchestration, and outlines key design, operational, and architectural considerations for building a high‑performance, highly available, and extensible gateway.

API Gatewaybackenddesign
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Design Principles and Core Features of an API Gateway
21CTO
21CTO
Jul 21, 2021 · Backend Development

How Our Reactive API Gateway Powers Microservices with RxNetty

This article outlines the design and implementation of a high‑performance, reactive API gateway built on RxNetty, detailing its overall architecture, request routing, conditional routing, API management, rate‑limiting, circuit breaking, security policies, monitoring, tracing, and future enhancements within a microservices ecosystem.

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How Our Reactive API Gateway Powers Microservices with RxNetty